Table 9 Man-years and absence within the nursing and care services. 2003 and 2004. Preliminary figures

9	Man-years¹ and absence within the nursing and care services. 2003 and 2004. Preliminary figures

	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003³	2004


Man-year, total	68 331	69 795	73 733	79 435	82 794	86 370	89 669	91 824	93 690	105 883	106 837
Man-year per user²	0.36	0.39	0.39	0.41	0.42	0.43	0.44	0.45	0.46	0.52	0.52
Man-year per 1 000 persons 67 years and over	110	112	119	128	134	140	146	151	155	175	177
Man-year per 1 000 persons 80 years and over	394	395	409	431	439	455	455	456	457	506	501
Absence total	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14 226	11 284
Doctor certified sickness absence	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	11 755	8 734
Maternity leave	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2 471	2 550
Absence, as a percentage of man-years	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	13	11
Doctor certified sickness absence, as a percentage of total absence	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	83	77

¹	Man-year is the total number of full-time employees and part-time employees converted to full-time employees. Absence and deputyships are included.
²	"Users" are the sum of users of home-based services and the numer of beds in institutions for the aged and disabled.
³	Break in time-series. Until 2002 the number of man-years was collected by use of questionnaires. From 2003 the figures are collected from administrative registers. The 2003 and 2004 figures are therefore not directly compareable with figures from preceeding years.